You’re absolutely right that there is a sweet spot. An extreme either way is likely to be destructive. Personally, I have found that doing fewer things allows me to become absorbed in them and either appreciate them more or do them better justice. I also completely agree with your observations on sleep. I get a lot of it and was interested to read an article recently, I don’t recall where, suggesting that young people are also trading nights out on the town for a bit more sleep.
Although I would like to subscribe to the doing less club, my own observations of those who do less as a lifestyle choice, eventually find they cannot do more, and are equally ruined by time having achieved very little in the time that has passed.
Of course, as you clearly point out here, doing too much - filling the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds' worth of distance run - will ruin us much more quickly.
An answer (possibly not THE answer) may be sleep. I mentioned to a young friend a while back that working all day and partying all night was okay while he was young, but as he grew older he would realize that he would never be able to get back all the sleep he lost - I know I haven't.
So now, with months of lost sleep in my past, I can still fill the unforgiving minute for a while, but then I definitely need a big ol' nap.
You’re absolutely right that there is a sweet spot. An extreme either way is likely to be destructive. Personally, I have found that doing fewer things allows me to become absorbed in them and either appreciate them more or do them better justice. I also completely agree with your observations on sleep. I get a lot of it and was interested to read an article recently, I don’t recall where, suggesting that young people are also trading nights out on the town for a bit more sleep.
Well, that's good news then. Perhaps my advice was more influential than I expected. LoL
Although I would like to subscribe to the doing less club, my own observations of those who do less as a lifestyle choice, eventually find they cannot do more, and are equally ruined by time having achieved very little in the time that has passed.
Of course, as you clearly point out here, doing too much - filling the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds' worth of distance run - will ruin us much more quickly.
An answer (possibly not THE answer) may be sleep. I mentioned to a young friend a while back that working all day and partying all night was okay while he was young, but as he grew older he would realize that he would never be able to get back all the sleep he lost - I know I haven't.
So now, with months of lost sleep in my past, I can still fill the unforgiving minute for a while, but then I definitely need a big ol' nap.